By: Mark Holtsberry Oliver Raymond Bissell was born in Antwerp, October 22, 1894 he was the son of Oliver Peter, born August of 1860 in New York and Clara C. (Cluts) Bissell born in 1866 in Ohio. They were married September 14, 1884 in Pauling. By 1900, Oliver and Clara were raising four children, William…
By: Mark Holtsberry Cecil Maywood Billman was an Antwerp man who was born November 12, 1897 in Antwerp. The son of Elias Franklin, born May 18, 1868 in Indiana and Cora Burchard (Rumbaugh) Billman, born January 11, 1877 in Ohio. This couple was married, September 29, 1895 in Paulding, Ohio. By 1900, Cecil and Cora,…
By: Mark Holtsberry David Bill Barnhart was born April 27, 1891 in Antwerp. The son of George, born October 1845 in Germany and Margarett, “Maggie” (Flickinger) Barnhart, born July 1849 in Ohio. This couple was married April 25, 1875 in Otsego, Allegan County, Michigan. George was a Civil War Veteran, who served with Company F.…
By: Mark Holtsberry William Bryan Jordan was born August 31, 1896 in Allen County, Indiana. The son of George Jacob, born August 22, 1859 in Pennsylvania and Sarah E. (Emery) Jordan born January 9, 1861 in Indiana. This couple was married April 3, 1877 in Allen County, Indiana. To this couple, three sons were born:…
By: Mark Holtsberry Benjamin F. Holister Hankins was born May 21, 1843 in Ohio. The son of Samuel S., born June 20, 1800 in New Jersey and Ann P. Hankins, born September 12, 1809. By 1850, the couple had moved from New Jersey to the Charloe area. The couple had eight children. Samuel was a…
By: Mark Holtsberry Guy Fleming Heazlet was born November 30, 1890 in Omaha, Nebraska. Son of Perry, born March of 1851 in Ohio and Mary Eliza (White) Heazlet, born 1856 in Ohio. This couple was married October 25, 1881 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The Heazlet family moved to Paulding County in 1892. By 1900, the…
By: Mark Holtsberry Silas Frederick Harper was born September 28, 1869 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. The son of John, born August 1818 in Belmont County, Ohio and Catherine(Priest) Harper born 1834 in Ohio. They were married in 1864. This was John’s second wife. John’s first wife, Sinia (Wells) Harper passed away June 14, 1861. …
By: Mark Holtsberry William Samuel Barnard was the son of Cyrus, born 1853 in Ohio and Catherine” Kitty” (McKevitt) Barnard, born 1851 in Ohio. This couple was married August 10, 1872 in Paulding. In this union, four sons were born. Alma Darious November 3, 1872, Edward Frank born January 19, 1874, George Earnest August 20,…
By: Mark Holtsberry Carl Pursel was born November 11, 1875 in Paulding. The son of Valentine V. Born May 1, 1838 in Virginia and Amanda Malvina (Shafer) Pursel born February 2, 1844 in Indiana. This couple was married July 20, 1867 in Paulding by Minister Thomas Elcock. By 1870, while living in Paulding, this Paulding…
By: Mark Holtsberry Joseph Olney Gorrell was born born January 24, 1896 in Payne, Ohio. The son of Don Corlis and Amy C. (Roe) Gorrell. Don C. was born in Indiana February of 1869. Amy was born in Indiana, January of 1872. Don and Amy were married, September 11, 1892 in Grant County, Indiana. By…
By: Mark Holtsberry “As the world turns” (part 2) of the story of Andrew C. Jackson As the Jackson brothers, Jesse and Coe, return home in 1899, Andrew was still working as a printer at the local newspaper in Paulding. Son, Jesse, became a consul in the Middle East and Coe went into the newspaper…
By: Mark Holtsberry “As the World Turns”, the story of Andrew Carle Jackson (Part 1) This was supposed to be a simple article about a man who served in the Civil War. After going down numerous rabbit holes, which turned into uncovering mines, I believe that I have uncovered a very serious oversite. So here…
By: Mark Holtsberry Paulding County in the Civil War Paulding County’s participation in the Civil War was more that the general public is aware of. Paulding County had the highest percentage of men serve than any county in the State of Ohio. In late 1864, a recruiting officer came to Charloe to recruit men for…
